Archive for the ‘gas-saving gimmicks’ tag

While on the hunt for an old photo recently, I came across a bunch of pictures from a trip to the Early Ford V-8 Club’s meet in Batavia, New York, five years ago. As always, I was drawn to the swap meet tables where I spotted these two unique devices for a flathead Ford V-8.
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Where in part 1 of his story, Roy Ames outlined the various small-potatoes, back-of-the-magazine ways in which hucksters tried to sell fuel-saving devices, in part 2, from SIA #65, October 1981, Ames goes after the more well-known fuel-saving schemes, including Louis Enricht, the Fish carburetor an ... Read more

As long as our automobiles run on gasoline, and as long as gasoline remains something that doesn’t rain freely from the skies, there will be “entrepreneurs” looking to make a buck by selling gas-saving gadgets. In SIA #64, August 1981, Roy Ames gives us the lowdown on the early hi ... Read more